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To find that place between what I want and what I think is wise.

Veronica Roth

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Veronica Roth
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: August 19
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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New York City
New York
Veronica Anne Roth
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Like a wild animal, the truth is too powerful to remain caged.
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I'm Divergent. And I can't be controlled.
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Not writing is as important as writing - go out into the world and remember how interesting it, and the people in it, are.
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Do I look like I’ve been crying?’ I say. ‘Hmm.’ He leans in close, narrowing his eyes like he’s inspecting my face. A smile tugs at the corner of his mouth. Even closer, so we would be breathng the same air- if I could remember to breathe. ‘No, Tris,’ he says. A more serious look replaces his smile as he adds, ‘You look tough as nails.
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I guess I always knew there was something wrong with me, but I thought it was because of my father, or my mother, and the pain they bequeathed to me like a family heirloom, handed down from generation to generation. - Tobias Eaton
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I didn't realize until that moment that Dauntless initiation had taught me an important lesson: how to keep going.
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Stiff. That’s why you’re strong, get it? - Tobias Eaton
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But I will find new habits, new thoughts, new rules. I will become something else.
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I want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers.
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I'm a fairly religious person, so I believe in some things that sound a little crazy I'm sure, depending on where you're standing. I believe in leaving room for things that you can't explain in the universe, and you don't have to be religious to leave room for those things.
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All I want to say is that when you stop being delusional and start feeling desperate because you're too inept to figure this out on your own, you know who to come to.
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